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I need to be away from my desk for a moment

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drain the snake

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the latest euphemism from our office: have lunch outside.
Coined after one person spent an extended lunchbreak away from the office (we normally have lunch in the cafetaria, courtesy of the company) and people jokingly started asking him where he'd been for a job interview.

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My favorite is "Je vais t�l�phoner � Hitler", popular in France in the late 40's.

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I use a direct approach: "I need to wet now."

"We're kind of on the level of crossword puzzle writers... And no one ever goes to them and gives them an award." ~Joe Strummer
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drain the main vein

respond to a bladder interrupt

[Asking smart questions] [About Bear] [Books by Bear]

 
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Take a short walk

Powder my nose

Take a slash

Visit the gent's

Go to the little explorer's room

"I'm going to the toilet, can I get you anything?"

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I heard "gotta visit John" from americans.
Russians replace John with Fyodor - a typical russian name.
 
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Logging on to the porcelain network.

There will be glitches in my transition from being a saloon bar sage to a world statesman. - Tony Banks

 
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Push a consultant into the pool. (Apologies, consultants.)

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of the idea. John Ciardi

 
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excuse me: I'll be right back.

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givi'n up smoking. just last one.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself the most comforting words of all: This, too, shall pass." --Ann Landers

 
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http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20061215.html

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Originally posted by Paul Wheaton:
http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20061215.html



Ewww - is THAT what that meant?! Well, thanks for making it clear!!

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hit the head.

.... there's gotta be some really good ones here. Is this the best we can come up with?

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Since I'm in Cleveland...

Taking the Browns tot he Super Bowl.
 
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Going to shake hands with the unemployed.
 
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An iranian girl I know calls it "doing something important".

At my old job, there was "faire un tour dans le jardin", at another job it was "mictionate", playfully derived from the latin.

In Norwegian I've heard (direct translation) "whip the bat".
 
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My ex-brother-in-law used to say "Gotta go tap a kidney."

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